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Indian Sandalwood Returns to the Perfumer’s Palette

Industry perfumers muse about the rare Indian sandalwood’s (Santalum album) earthy and complex notes sought after in fine fragrance formulations.

Perfumer POV: Fragrances for Troubled Times

The financial crisis will affect our everyday work, but not necessarily in the way we may think.

Multisensory Exhibit Pushes the Perfumery Envelope

Focusing on putting artistry back into perfumery, Mane recently removed all creative (consumer demographics, concepts, etc.) and cost constraints from a team of perfumers as part of a multisensory marketing-led initiative dubbed Fragrance Avatar. The project allowed perfumers to create “from their very core.”

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Beyond the Peel: Analysis of Pink Grapefruit Juice

There is very little differences between the peel oils of orange and grapefruit. Both of them contain pinenes and limonene as their major constituents and have very similar analytical profiles. Pink grapefruit juice’s characterizing components proved to show a few analytical surprises.

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Material Properties: The Physics and Chemistry of Vanillin

At the end of the vanilla bean development, glucovanillin is found in the central cavity of the pod in rather large abundance.

Ambient scenting, which is scenting a space to produce a more favorable experience, can benefit workers, consumers, and brands in 2021.

Commercial Ambient Scenting in a Post-pandemic World

In the new normal, ambient scents can provide consumers and workers a sense of safety, while adding value to brands in a way that only the fragrance industry can.

Progress in Essential Oils: Basil Oil, Part 2

The present article is part two in a series of two that provides the findings of various researchers on the chemical constituents in basil oil. Part 1 appeared in the May 2014 edition of Perfumer & Flavorist.

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Progress in Essential Oils: Turmeric Oil, Part 1

Turmeric is well-known as the yellow, aromatic spice used in curry powder and numerous Asian culinary dishes. It is the rhizome of Curcuma longa L., a member of the ginger family. Part one of this two-part column compares the chemical compositions of turmeric oil with Curcuma aromatica.

Reconnect, discover and learn alongside fragrance’s top minds.

Prepping for the World Perfumery Congress 2022 Return

Reconnect, discover and learn alongside fragrance’s top minds.

Cedarwood and Derivatives in Perfume Compounds, Part II

In the previous article on cedarwood (Perfumer & Flavorist magazine, May/June 2001), we discussed different cedarwood oil types and various cedarwood derivatives. In this article, we will look at the use of cedarwood and its derivatives, as well as specialties in various types of fragrances.

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Chemical Characterization of Vanilla pompona Scheide, Part II

Vanilla pompona is resistant to climate change and diseases, and therefore is preferred for hybridization with V. planifolia. Its chemical characterization was carried out in a series of experiments, described in this second of four parts.

Patchouly Oil, Absolute and Aroma chemicals: Part I

Patchouli is a valuable perfume material used in traditional and contemporary women’s and men’s fragrances, as well as in cosmetic and soap perfumes. The word “patchouli” (also “patchouli”) in Tamil is paccilai: paccu (green) + ilai (leaf).* Patchouli is known in India as putchaput and in Hindustan as pacholi.

Progress in Essential Oils: Basil Oil, Part 1

The present article is part one in a series of two that provides the findings of various researchers on the chemical constituents in basil oil. Part 2 appears in the June 2014 edition.

Progress in Essential Oils: Armoise Oil, Part 2

Part two of this two-part series discusses the chemical composition of armoise oil.

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Protecting Intellectual Property in the Age of Transparency

Why the defense of fragrance industry trade secrets is so important, both politically and legally.

The Results Are In: The Patchwood Perfumery Contest

Winner and runners-up selected from a pool of more than 50 competitors formulating in fine, personal care and functional fragrance categories.

As functional fragrance continues to boom, neuroscience is making its way back to the main stage.

Neuroscience vs. Perfumer: How the Nose Processes Smell

Understanding the best techniques perfumers can utilize while constructing a fragrance, the latest innovations in scent and more.

Perdon Rupnow reproduced one of her favorite French desserts the Paris-Brest puff pastry base garnished with hazelnut praliné and cream by using five different pyrazines to complete her vision.

A Love Letter to Pyrazines from a Perfumer

Perfumer Delphine Perdon Rupnow shares her notes on pyrazines in fragrance formulations.

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